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From Needs to Numbers: A Hands-On Budget Workshop for Library Trustees and Directors
Posted on February 16, 2011 | No CommentsPlease join us for the NEKLS 2011 Library Trustee Workshops — choose one of 5 sessions offered March 21—25 at various locations throughout the system. The topic of this year’s trustee training—by popular demand—is library budgeting. For that reason, the workshops are scheduled for March, rather than July, with information and activities to inform the budget [...] -
Life after E-Books
Posted on January 18, 2011 | 1 CommentThe library world is buzzing about the impact of e-books on the future of libraries. NEKLS librarians have had some excellent email discussions about ebooks during recent weeks. I would like to suggest just a few thoughts about this issue: E-books are here to stay, and we can not afford to ignore them. The widespread adoption [...] -
Snapshot Day: Legislator Recognition
Posted on November 8, 2010 | No CommentsA number of libraries have asked how they should go about legislative advocacy this year. NEKLS is supporting the efforts of the Kansas Library Association to use the upcoming Fall Snapshot Day as a simple and effective opportunity to reach out to Kansas Legislators. This is all your library needs to do: Choose [...] -
Searching for and Selecting a Library Director
Posted on October 28, 2010 | 1 CommentRetirement… relocation… illness… often, trustees don’t like to think about replacing the library director, yet every year a number of NEKLS library boards are faced with that challenging decision. I would like to extend my personal invitation to attend Searching for and Selecting a Library Director on November 13th at the NEKLS system office. This [...] -
Library Advocacy: Now is the Time
Posted on August 23, 2010 | No CommentsLibrary advocacy is a year round process of cultivating relationships and support, whether with local government bodies or state legislators: You can’t harvest a garden that you haven’t planted and tended. Most of the work happens before the harvest. The next weeks and months during the election campaign [...] -
Summer 2010 Additions to the NEKLS Collection
Posted on August 19, 2010 | No Comments“Assessing information needs: managing transformative library services” by Robert Grover, Roger Greer, and John Agada, former ESU SLIM faculty “Cognitive Surplus: creativity and generosity in a connected age” by Clay Shirky Cognitive Surplus visualized TED Talk video: Clay Shirky: How cognitive surplus will change the world “In pursuit of elegance: why the best ideas have something missing” by Matthew [...] -
Friends of Libraries and Foundations Tax Filing Extension
Posted on August 11, 2010 | No CommentsNonprofit organizations including Friends of Libraries groups and Foundations are at risk of losing their tax-exempt status if they have failed to file required federal tax returns for 2007, 2008 and 2009. Small nonprofit organizations that file a 990-N or 990-EZ tax return can preserve their status by filing returns by Oct. 15, 2010, [...] -
Who Do You Call?
Posted on August 3, 2010 | No CommentsOne of the “top 10″ questions from NEKLS members has been “just who should I talk to at NEKLS about a particular topic or issue?” We will soon be adding to the new NEKLS web site a subject index of services and consulting topics with the names of the NEKLS staff who are best able [...] -
Trustee Training – The Pop Quiz
Posted on July 26, 2010 | No CommentsGina Millsap, Director of the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, facilitated this year’s Trustee Training workshops in Atchison, Overbrook, Winchester and here at NEKLS. I was so impressed with the presentation, that I took lots of notes and guess that you did, too! So, to test that theory…here’s a Pop Quiz: Which U.S. Supreme Court Justice [...] -
Why Libraries & Why Books?
Posted on July 21, 2010 | 1 CommentThe MacArthur Foundation‘s Spotlight onDigital Media & Learning blog has a fantastic summary post, “PLAYBACK: Why Libraries? Why Books? And Why Study at Harold B. Lee”, It references lots of different discussions and resources that cover a wide range of discussion on the current and future place of libraries, including the video “New Spice: Study like [...]